The following is an excerpt from the book, The Last TV Evangelist: Why the Next Generation Couldn’t Care Less About Religious Media, and Why it Matters. If you’re involved in religious media, you need to read this—and pass it on to your pastor or leadership team. Here are some of the biggest reasons TV evangelists and pastors on TV are not reaching this generation:

Imagine what it would be like if your decision to follow Jesus made you an outcast from your family and even a target for death. That’s what happened to a man named Abdu. But the power of love broke down the barriers and brought him and his family back together.

Ezekiel 38-39 foretells a massive future invasion of Israel by the armed forces of six nations. Five of those nations are identified in Ezekiel 38:5-6 with the names they bore in Ezekiel’s time.

The following is a testimonial received from Tommy Smith, Church of God Regional Superintendent of the Southern Pacific to General Overseer Mark Williams:

This Sunday, April 14, is Global 4/14 Day. An international coalition of one million Christians, known as the 4/14 Window Movement, will partner together in prayer on six continents. They will specifically be praying for children in the “4/14 Window.”

Murfreesboro, Tennessee is the primed destination for a unique event — a dynamic combination of one of the largest men’s Christian initiatives spanning across four continents and one of the fastest growing churches in the Southeast.

Cleveland, TN–The Executive Committee of the Church of God, meeting in session on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, released a statement affirming marriage.

Professing Christians progressing toward spiritual maturity will have a firmer grasp on important doctrinal positions. However, plenty of churchgoers still struggle with basic truths about God, the Bible and salvation. So says a new study from LifeWay Research.

Risk is a primary component of faith, and the Bible teaches that without faith it is impossible to please God. In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus condemned the unfaithful servant who would not risk his talent, but hid it to be safe. Jesus called him “wicked and lazy” and took the talent he had and gave it to the one who had invested his five talents and doubled them.